Glean for Desktop

With Glean for Desktop, users can invoke Glean from any application and type a query to run a search or start a chat conversation with Glean.

Open it from the menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows), or with the quick entry shortcut, to start a Glean chat:

Your users can install the desktop app from their Glean install settings, or download it directly using the following links.

For macOS:

For Windows:

Enterprise deployment

Deploy Glean for Desktop across your organization using your device-management solution.

For individual installation, users can download Glean for Desktop from their Glean install settings.

In the app's settings, users can adjust the following:

Quick entry shortcut controls the keyboard shortcut that opens quick entry from anywhere on their machine. It's Cmd+Shift+J on macOS and Ctrl+Shift+J on Windows by default, and can be changed to any key combination.
Hide menu bar icon hides the Glean menu bar icon on macOS when turned on.
Hide from dock hides the Glean icon from the macOS Dock. If the app is pinned to the Dock, its icon isn't hidden even when this setting is turned on.
Open quick entry results in browser opens search and chat queries from quick entry in the default browser rather than the Glean app window, similar to the default Spotlight behavior on macOS.